Frame for bags, &amp;c.



PATENTED DEC. 15, 1903'.

G. R. FARRELL. FRAME FOR BAGS, 620. APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 25, 1903.

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GEORGE R. FARRELL, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CARR & 00., OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRM COMPOSED OF LOUIS B. CARR, EUGENE P. CARR, AND FRED M. CARR, OF SOMERVILLE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

FRAME FOR BAGS, doc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 74=7,158, dated December 1 03- Application filed August 25, 1903. Serial No. 170,734. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. FARRELL, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Frames for Bags and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means employed to attach a bag or similar to article to its frame or top, and has for its object to provide means which will be neat in appearance,easily operated, inexpensive,and very strong and durable.

The invention consists of the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be fully described hereinafter and set forth in the claims annexed hereto, and it is carried out substantially as illustrated on the accompanying drawings, which form an essential part of this specification,

and whereon like characters of reference refor to like parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

On the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perz 5 spective View of a circular frame or top of a bag or purse and showing the means employed to attach the bag or purse to said frame or top, but showing such means detached from the frame or top. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of a bag or purse provided with a frame or top similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but showing the bag or purse attached to its frame or top by my improved means of attachment and the frame or top in section.

Fig. 3 represents a sectional end elevation of a hand-bag 0r valise, showing the bag or valise attached to its frame in accordance with my invention.

Referring to the invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the invention has been illustrated as applied to the attachment of a bag or purse to a perforated circular frame or top, the bag or purse 1 may be made of cloth, leather, netted fabric, beadwork, or of any other flexible material and may be made plain or ornamented, as is desired. The

frame 2 is provided with the annularly inwardly projecting flange 3, which terminates material.

A cover 5 for the bag or purse is hinged or otherwise attached to the frame 2, it having been shown on the drawings as hinged thereto, as at 6, and the frame is provided with any suitable catch 7 now in common use. As the particular construction of the frame, the cover, or of the catch to be used upon the bag or purse form no essential parts of my invention, the construction of said parts 6; i

may be varied at will without departing from the spirit of my invention, which relates only to the manner of attaching the bag or purse to the frame or top desired to be used. Although I have illustrated the frame of the bag or purse as being circular, it will beunderstood that the same might be varied so as to be square, hexagonal, oval, oblong, or any other desired shape.

A holding-ring 8, preferably made of metal and of a size and shape to rest upon the top surface of the inwardly-projecting flange 3 of the frame, is used. The material from which this ring is made is preferably made round in cross-sectional area; but it may be made in any other suitable shape and of any other material. A clamping and finishing ring 9 is also used. This ring is also preferably made of metal which is flat, and is preferably substantially the size and shape of the upper surface of the flange 3, as shown, and so as to fit comparatively close within the frame 2.

In using my above-described invention in attaching a bag or purse to its frame one first o firmly secures the upper end of the bag or purse to the holding-ring 8 by sewing the same thereto or by otherwise attaching it thereto in some similar or equivalent manner. He then passes the bag or purse through the perforation in the frame until the holding-ring 8, with the bag or purse attached firmly thereto, will rest upon the upper surface of the flange 3 and the prongs 4, which project upward from the inner edge of the flange, have passed through the fabric of the upper part of the bag or purse. If the nature of the bag or purse is such that the entire bag or purse cannot pass through the perforation in the'frame, its upper end may be passed through the frame from the under side prior to attaching the holding-ring to the upper edge thereof. After the holding-ring 8, with the bag or purse attached thereto, rests upon the upper surface of the flange andthe projecting prongs have pierced the upper end of the bag or purse the person places the clamping or finishing ring within the frame and upon the holding-ring 8, thus covering the holding-ring and the upper edge of the bag or purse. He then turns the projecting prongs at outward and downward against the upper surface of-the clamping-ring, which causes the holding-ring, with the attached upper edge of the bag or purse, to be firmly clamped and held between the upper surface of the flange 3 and the under surface of the clamping-ring 9. It will also be seen that the prongs 4, passing through the upper end of the bag or purse, will assist materially in holding the bag or purse attached to the frame and that the clamping-ring gives a finished appearance to the frame, as itcovers the upper edge of the bag or purse which would otherwise be liable to be unsightly and ragged in appearance. By this manner of attaching the bag or purse to its frame there is nothing on the exterior or exposed part of the frame to indicate the attachment of the bag or purse thereto. There are no rivets used, and the bag or purse may be quickly and easily removed from its frame and replaced by a new one if it should become worn out or ruined. Thus an expensive or valuable frame may be used for a number of bags or purses, if so desired. This manner of attaching the bag or purse to its frame is not only applicable to a solid or ring-shaped frame or top with a cover to cover the perforation in said frame and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but it is equally applicable to a frame made in two or more pieces pivotally or otherwise attached to each other and folded or pressed together when closed similar to the frames of hand-bags and valises now in common use, and I have shown my invention applied to such a bag in Fig. 3

of the drawings.

In Fig. 3 the frame of the bag has been shown in'two pieces 10 and -1-1, hinged together, as at 12, so that the frame may fold upon itself when the bag is closed, and it will be understood that the holding-ring 8 and clamping or finishing ring 9 will also be divided into the same number of parts as that of the frame.

If it is desired to reduce thecost of attaching the bag or purse orvalise to the frame and it is immaterial as to theappearance of the interior of the bag, purse, or valise, the clamping and finishing ring 9 may be dispensed with and the. prongs 4 will then be bent outward and downward directly against the top of the holding-ring 8 with its attached bag, purse, or valise and the holding-ring thus be clamped against the surface of theflange on the frame andbetween said flange and the prongs.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and the operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and to claim- 1. In a bag frame or top, a holding-ring to which the upper end of thebag or similar article is attached, and projecting prongs upon the edge of the frame or top adapted to be bent downward to clamp the holding-ring firmly against the frameor top.

2. In a bag frame or top, a holding-ring to whichthe upper end of the bag or similar article is attached, projecting prongs upon the frame or top adapted to be bent downward to clamp the holding-ring ,firm'ly against the frame or top, and a clamping and finishing ringinterposed upon the holding-ring and between the holding-ring and clamping-prongs.

3. In a bag frame or top, a flange on the frame or top, a holding-ring to which the upper end of the bag or similar article is attached, projecting prongs on the edge of the flange on the frame or top, adapted to be passed through the upper part of the bag or similar article and bent downward to clamp the holding-ring firmly against the surface of said flange, and a clamping and finishing ring interposed upon the ho1ding-ring .between the holding-ring and clamping-prongs.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. FARRELL.

Witnesses:

LELA M. GHOA'IE, HENRY CHADBOURN. 

